Papers, 1789-1883.

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Papers, 1789-1883.

Correspondence (1789-1803) of sugar merchant Samuel Cary Jr., describing export activity and the effect of an insurrection on the sugar plantation owned by his father, Samuel Cary (1742-1812), in Grenada, British West Indies; and personal correspondence (1811-52) of Dr. Robert H. Cary, of Vassalboro, Me. Correspondents include Rev. Joseph Tuckerman and Dr. John Collins Warren.

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Cary, Samuel, 1742-1812.

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Samuel Cary, Jr., was born in 1742 in the Boston suburb of Chelsea. Following his graduation from Harvard, he moved to the West Indies where he managed plantations for various individuals before purchasing a Grenada sugar plantation. In 1772, after the death of his father, Cary left the West Indies and returned to live in the Chelsea family home. Charles Spooner was a British planter who owned several plantations in the Caribbean, specifically the Leeward Islands of the ...

Cary, Samuel, 1773-1810.

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Cary, Robert H., 1794-1867.

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Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856

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John Collins Warren, surgeon and naturalist, was born in Boston in 1778, the son of Harvard physician John Warren and Abigail (Collins) Warren. He graduated from Harvard College in 1797 and began the study of medicine with his father. From 1799 to 1802 he studied medicine in Paris and London. When he returned, he went into practice with his father. In 1809, Warren became adjunct professor in anatomy and surgery at Harvard Medical School and in 1815 succeeded his father as professor, a position h...

Cary family.

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Tuckerman, Joseph, 1778-1840

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Clergyman. From the description of Joseph Tuckerman correspondence, 1836-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983139 Unitarian minister and social reformer. A.B., Harvard, 1798. Minister, North Chelsea (now Revere), Mass. (1801-1826). Minister-at-large, Boston (1826-1836). Tuckerman was one of the first to call the church's attention to the growing problem of urban poverty. From the description of Papers, 1803-1840 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity Sch...